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Leadership and Policy Studies - Leadership Concentration, (MS)

Master of Science (MS)

The Department offers the Master of Science degree in Leadership and Policy Studies with concentrations in (1) School Administration and Supervision, a Scholars II Program in Instructional Leadership—a program leading to licensure as a school leader, (2) Leadership, and (3) Student Personnel.

Program Admission

Each applicant must submit a completed application packet to the University Graduate School that includes:

A completed admissions application

An official report of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) score. GRE is required for master’s degree even in cases where applicant already has one master’s degree.

Official transcripts for all prior undergraduate and graduate courses.

In addition, each applicant to the M.S. School Administration and Supervision (SAS) must submit a portfolio to the Department of Leadership that includes:

Letter of application

Professional resume

Three letters of professional recommendation on letterhead

A brief statement of professional goals

Evidence of current teacher certification

Examples of students’ work

A personal interview preceded by a writing sample will be scheduled with each applicant and an admission decision will be made following the personal interview. The decision will be based on a holistic profile that includes, but is not limited to, information contained in the completed application packet described above and obtained during the personal interview. Interested applicants are required to contact the departmental office to obtain admission forms and a more complete statement of admission guidelines and requirements for a Tennessee administrative license. All students seeking licensure must take the appropriate state-required examination at the conclusion of their program.

Deadline for submission of all application material is the 3rd Friday in February for the summer semester, the 3rd Friday in June for the fall semester, and the 3rd Friday in September for the spring semester.

In addition to #1 above, each applicant to the M.S. in Leadership or M.S. in Student Personnel must submit:

Letter of application

Professional resume

Three letters of professional recommendation on letterhead

Brief statement of professional goals

The admission decision will be based on a holistic profile that includes, but is not limited to, information contained in the completed application packet described above. Interested applicants are required to contact the departmental office to obtain admission forms and a more complete statement of admission guidelines.

Deadline for submission of all application material for M.S. Leadership concentration and M.S. Student Personnel concentration is April 1 for summer and fall semesters, and November 1 for spring semester.

Students completing the MS or EdD in Leadership and Policy Studies will: (1) have developed their skills in leadership, change, policy formulation, the student’s program and stewardship of a vision of effectiveness that is shared by others in the organization; (2) have had opportunities to analyze data and its relationship to organizational effectiveness; (3) have concentrated their studies in (a) School Administration and Supervision, (b) Leadership, or (c) Student Personnel (MS only); and (4) have concentrated their studies in an area of specialization.